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Umalali - The Garifuna Women's Project - 16.99 Blending the vocal textures of women from the Garifuna communities of Central America with echoes of rock, blues, funk, African, Latin and Caribbean music, Umalali is a journey into the heart of a unique culture. Raw, rootsy and full of vibrant energy, and highly recommended. L'Ora Daurada - Montanaro, Bourdin and Gardone - 17.99 Named after this moment before dawn, when Montanaro often gets inspired, "the Golden Hour". The tracks of this album find Montanaro and his Compagnie evolving in their very own musical universe, somewhere between traditional music of Provence and free jazz, evoking North Africa, Central Asia or Esmeralda Beach in Ecuador. Divine Inspiration - Aruna Sairam - 17.99 Indian vocalist Aruna Sairam performs the Carnatic music of South India. Deeply rooted in the region's temple culture with its emphasis on devotional song, Carnatic music stretches back to ancient times and is organized around the system of melodic 'ragam' and rhythmic 'talam' (equivalent to the ragas and talas of Hindustani music). Sairam unites poetry, language, and music from across centuries and from across India itself in nine songs that vary in structure, pace and mood, written by nine poets of different periods and many languages, accompanied by violin, tampura, hand cymbals and a variety of hand drums. Forever Swing, Grappelli Forever - Costel Nitescu - 17.99 Romanian-born phenom Costel Nitescu is as much at ease with traditional music of Central Europe as he is in the realm of jazz, where his sense of swing and gift for improvisation mark him out as one of the strongest adherents to the cause of the great Stéphane Grappelli. A violinist with a solid classical training, Nitescu was only 16 when he joined the orchestra of Radio Bucharest. He was soon performing and recording with some of Romania's finest artists and has made his home in Paris for the last ten years, during which time he was cherrypicked to perform at a party organized by Bill Clinton (we kid you not!). Here he sizzles in eight originals and four standards, with a line-up comprising Antoine Hervier (piano), Yves Rousseau (double-bass) and Yoann Serra (drums). Sol - Stockholm Lisboa Project - temp out of stock-17.99 Stockholm Lisboa Project's new CD is about bringing Portugal and Sweden's traditions together. From Portuguese fado to Swedish polskas, they journey through melancholy and high energy. The beautiful voice of Liana (Portuguese National Fado Award Winner twice) and the combination of Nordic mandola, Portuguese mandolin and violin makes this project an exclusive combination of strong personalities revealing an amazingly powerful mixture. The musicians: Liana (vocal), Luis Peixoto (Portuguese mandolin, bouzouki and vocal), Sérgio Crisóstomo (violin and vocal) and Simon Stålspets (Nordic mandola, harmonica and vocal) make a unique and unusual addition to the world of cultural fusion. The Raga Guide: a survey of 74 Hindustani ragas - Various - 39.99 Joep Bor's definitive guite to the raga, a 4 CD set with an accompanying 196 page book. La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae (SACD) - Lucilla Galeazzi, Marco Beasley,L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar - 17.99 A fascinating, original crossover of folk and classical, with the musicians of the Renaissance ensemble L'Arpeggiata joining the illustrious singers Galeazzi and Beasley, performed on modern and ancient instruments including chitarra battente, lutes, harp, psaltry. With Alfio Antico, Eero Palviainen, Marcello Vitale and many other fine musicians. Afreecanos - Omar Sosa - 17.99 A new studio album brings together musicians from Africa, Cuba, Brazil, and France to celebrate jazz and Latin musics, fusing elements of folk tradition with Afro-Cuban roots into contemporary jazz expression that is lush and dream-like. The arrangements feature a horn section, adding an array of traditional and modern flutes, kora, ngoni, guitar-sitar, batá, timbales, kongoman, m'bira, and talking drum. Musicians include drummer Julio Barreto, woodwind player Leandro Saint-Hill, singer/drummer Lázaro Galarraga, timbalero Orestes Vilató (all from Cuba); Mozambican bassist Childo Tomas; vocalist Mola Sylla and kora player Ali Boulo Santo from Senegal; trumpet player Stéphane Belmondo and multi-instrumentalist Christophe Disco Minck from France; and percussionist Baba Sissoko and flute player Ali Wague from Mali. An impressive and original new work. For Oriental Dancers - From Cairo with Love - Mahmoud Fadl - 17.99 This is a compliation of Fadl's many recordings, from classical Egypt to funky new ideas. From Egypt's deep south to urban Cairo, a wide range of Oriental dance styles is represented in tracks featuring pure percussion alongside orchestral arrangements of the Umm Kalthum songbook. The line-up features trumpet master Samy El Bably, Khamis Henkish on darbouka and Loomis Green in a bonus club mix. Go Marko Go! Brass Madness - Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar - 18.99 Markovic is again joined by his son Marko, now come of age. Like father, like son - Marko is moving in new directions, while furthering the Orkestar's reputation as innovators with their free appropriation of Latin, jazz, funk and other grooves into the Balkan framework which remains at the big beating heart of the music. On the Rumba River - Wendo Kolosoy - 18.99 Along the Congo river sails a boat which never sank, a boat called Rumba. At the helm, Papa Wendo, 82 years young, continues to sing the irresistible music that brightens the eyes of dancers and conjures up soft and sad nostalgia. At the end of 2004 and perhaps for the last time, Wendo Kolosoy went back into the recording studio as the subject of the film "On the Rumba River," directed by Jacques Sarasin. Just like a return upstream to the river source, this CD features new recordings, as well as recordings made in 1950 and 1992. The Soul of Armenia - Djivan Gasparyan - 44.99 master of the Armenian oboe called duduk, Djivan Gasparyan is the grand master. Shortly before Gasparyan's 80th birthday, he went into a Los Angeles studio to make new recordings, accompanied by a harp, piano, lutes and string quartet. In honor of one of the world's greatest musicians, Network has packages these new tracks with highlights from his discography and one lost treasure, all presented in their well-regarded and informative long-box set. Invente a La Ciotat - Moussu T e lei Jovents - 17.99 Occitania and Brazil meet in this group that takes its inspiration from Marseilles in the thirties, a veritable musical melting pot, where Provençal songs could be heard alongside local operettas by Vincent Scotto or the Black jazz and blues bursting onto the scene at the time (with music from the West Indies and Brazil to boot). That eventful decade provides the background for the group's up-to-the minute songs and sea shanties that speak of briny air, shipyard cranes and rocky inlets. The DVD side of this DualDisc release features two hours of images for a journey through their world, with clips, extracts from live concerts and shorts produced by some of the best film-makers in Occitania. Lampo - Gianmaria Testa - 17.99 Little stories of everyday people and things are the singer's focus on this 2007 reissue of the 1999 recording: lovers in Rome, the moon, chestnut trees, chalk dust left on doorsteps to mark the steps of visitors. The album title alludes to both lightening and the flash of a camera: a luminous instant, short-lived, but leaving an indelible trace in one’s memory. Musicians include Glenn Ferris (trombone); Vincent Segal (cello); Riccardo Tesi (accordion) and Rita Marcotulli (piano), with David Lewis leading the ensemble. Massa - Macire Sylla - 17.99 Maciré Sylla is one of West Africa's leading voices, whose CDs have been best-sellers in Africa and, in recent years, Europe. Maciré has toured throughout Europe and Africa with the band Djembé-Faré, led by Cédric Asséo, and has received critical acclaim for her colorful show, full of emotion and sensitivity. Her voice conveys the influence of multiple cultures and improbable encounters where tradition and modernity become entangled. Her first release for l'empreinte digitale, Massa, features her signature surprising mixture of harmonious and energetic songs and dances, linking the sound of African contemporary music with modern Western melodies. Cafe Noir - Papa Noel / Bana Congo - 17.99 Guitarist Papa Noël enters his fifth decade as one of the most popular African musicians on today's scene. Following the success of Bana Congo's first album, Papa Noël is back with a new album, bringing all the creative energies of African music and Cuban rumba into the 21st century. Joined by Cuban singer Ernesto "El Gato" Gatel Coto and legendary Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango, Café Noir has already hit the world music charts in Europe. La Musica de Al-Andalus - La Puertos de Oreinte - 17.99 Omar Sarmini; Ensemble Al-Ruzafa; Hames Bitar Il giardino di Sofia - Roberto Carlotti - 17.99 With Gabriele Coltri, Vincenzo Caglioti, Stefano Valla e Maurizio Dehò. Musician and composer Antonello Paliotti says: Roberto Carlotti defines himself a "non-professional man of music". This is probably what makes his CD not a product to be sold, not a demo, not a promo. It is neither Northern nor Southern music; it should be given as a present, just like the famous red horn-shaped amulets or talismans; it would be better to donate it just like you donate a bit of commonsense and joyful sounds. In other words, it is not a typical fucking-damned popular-ethnic product of the music recording industry. All the "professional men" who work in this field – with Paliotti in the front row – can learn something from this CD and from Carlotti. Thanks a lot, Roberto. Sugnari - Ma'aria - 17.99 Ma'arìa are two extraordinary female voices, set to the rhythm of percussion and one guitar. With the poetry of Valeria Cimò, taken from the fragments of real life, they make powerful songs. Ma'arìa means witchcraft... incantesimo. And in their the magical formula they use potent ingredients to make a fascinating and vigorous musical statement. Adalgisiana - Tandarandan - 17.99 The return of Tandarandan, two years after their marvelous 'Epata, music of the seasons' and focused on music for dancing in an homage to all the old musicians who they have met along the way. The Art of Mawwal - Mohamed Bajeddoub, Abderrahim Souiri - 18.99 This album was recorded live at a concert originally conceived as a dialogue between two major Moroccan singers in the form of mawwal, vocal improvisation based on classical poetry. Vocalists Mohamed Bajeddoub and Abderrahim Souiri give outstanding solo and duo performances, based on excerpts from some of the most beautiful Arab poems on the theme of courtly and mystical love. Loistava Perimä - Halogeeni - 17.99 Halogeeni is a Kokkola, Finland based trio that combines Finnish folk music with their own trad-style tunes and songs on harmonium, mandolin and 1- and 2-row accordions. Juha Virtanen's straightforward and eloquent accordion playing gives a soul to Halogeeni´s music. Juha has also composed most of the bands instrumentals. Halogeeni´s harmonium player Anne-Mari Hakamäki and mandolin player Matti Hakamäki are the vocalists of the trio. Old style songs sung in a peculiar way are an essential part of Halogeeni's repertoire. The Endless Ocean - Ensemble Dastan, Salar Aghili - 18.99 The technically dazzling Dastan is a musical ensemble, the spiritual affinity and mutual respect of whose musicians is clearly evident in their harmony. For Dastan, the lute laments, the violin cries and the timpani rage. The singer Salar Aghili, born 1977 in Teheran, has now joined the group. Aghili is known as "the sweet-tongued" and "beautiful singer" because of his manner of presentation and articulation. Goussan: Armenian Troubadours - Ensemble Gaguik Mouradian - 18.99 This ensemble revisits the traditional heritage of Armenia, tracing the art of itinerant musicians – the goussans or ashiks – who have contributed to the cultural life of the Caucasus since the Middle Ages. At their apogee, the goussans wrote songs in Armenian, Farsi, Turkish and Georgian languages. The Ensemble led by Mouradian, on the kemantcha (fiddle), also features voices, the kanun (board zither); ney (flute); duduk (oboe); oud, saz (lutes) and zarb (goblet drum). Voice Letter - ErsatzMusika - 18.99 The musicians who make up this Berlin-based sextet spent their formative years in the Soviet sphere (Ukraine, Russia and Estonia). Several band members have already caused a sensation in the Moscow underground scene. They emigrated to Berlin at the beginning of the 1990s and have been busy enriching the eastern diaspora with their musical projects ever since. The multifaceted artist Irina Doubrovskaja founded ErsatzMusika in 2006, also contributing the songs and lyrics for their band's debut album. Despite keeping clear of the trendy scene of dub, urban folk, world, minimalism and balladeering, the group's Russian chanson proves strangely familiar to fans of these popular genres. The energetic line-up includes Irina Doubrovskaja on keyboards, accordion, and vocals; Leonid Soybelman on guitar; Mikhail Zhukov on percussion; Sergey Vorontsov on bass, guitar, and vocals Padam: Tanjore Style of Singing - Aruna Sairam - 17.99 Vocalist Aruna Sairam is a singular exponent of a subtle ancient art, the singing of Tanjore, which is the melodic heart of Carnatic music of South India. Her blend of tonal precision with refined expressiveness is as loved by the most demanding connoisseurs as by her vast popular following. Albanian Wedding: Brass Explosion - Fanfara Tirana - 17.99 On this ground-breaking Piranha recording, Albania’s finest brass band, Fanfara Tirana, brings an utterly fresh and exciting touch to the ancient and impassioned music of a hidden corner of Old Europe. Playing with verve and élan, Tirana’s finest band has joined forces with veteran singer Hysni Zela in a program that mingles songs of heroes and heartsick lovers with graceful dances and fiery solos in a vibrant mix of the traditional and the modern. Listen Rutilantes - Los Amados - 17.99 A musical journey through boleros, mambos, cha-cha-chas, congas and danzones. Making its World Village début, Los Amados presents Rutilantes (“The Sparklers”) – an intoxicating mix of songs that recapture the sounds of the Latin Orchestras of the 1950s and ‘60s. Los Amados (The Beloved) is based in Buenos Aires and its band members come from different corners of Latin America: Uruguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guyana... In concert, the musicians dress in the style of the period which they explore in their music. The CD includes 12 infectious tracks, opening with the gorgeous bolero “Soy tu esclavo” and featuring a bonus video track, “Noche de Ronda.” Paroles de Swing - Angelo Debarre and Ludovic Beier - 18.99 Born in Saint-Denis, France, Angelo Debarre was only 8 when he picked up the guitar. In the Gypsy community, musical practice is transmitted orally at family gatherings, where music always occupies a prominent place. The gypsy jazz tradition launched by Django Reinhardt is at the heart of this culture and Debarre quickly became one of its key proponents. He founded his first group, “The Angelo Debarre Quintet,” in 1984 and began touring the world with Gypsy musicians the following year. This is music he knows inside and out, and at concerts and festivals his enthusiasm and passion prove it. For Debarre, Django Reinhardt’s music never loses the dynamism and richness of the past: it is immortal, a living art form. Here is his fifth collaboration with fellow-musician, accordionist Ludovic Beier. Hot on the heels of their previous release Entre ciel et terre, here they are joined by guest singer Sansévérino, making a cameo on 2 of the tracks. Via Dolorosa - Korsveien - Bjørn Andor Drage - 18.99 Organ improvisations weave around Easter's dramatic message. 14 meditations on the organ in Rønvik church in Norway all relating to the suffering of Jesus on the cross, combining themes composed by the artist and familiar strains from the passion hymns. The CD was recorded by Erik Hillestad. Tutti baci - Savina Yannatou and Elena Ledda - 18.99 The 2006 excursion by these superb Greek and Italian vocalists, includes Mauro Palmas and Primavera En Salonico. It's a bold statement, acoustic but agressively new. Loinneog Cheoil - Aoife ni Fhearraigh - 14.99 Loinneog Cheoil was Aoife ní Fhearraigh's debut recording with the Irish group Dervish, released in 1991 on cassette only and unavailable for many years. Aoife decided to re-record this classic album, and asked Manus Lunny of Capercaillie to produce it. Manus also plays guitar, bouzouki, and keyboards on this new recording, which features two new songs, as well. Gaestebud/Feast - Haugaard and Hoirup - 16.99 Any time violinist Harald Haugaard and guitarist Morten Alfred Høirup get together is an event. Their 2005 release Gæstebud is no exception. The intuitive timing of musical brothers, the impeccable musicianship, the brilliant choice of material are all evident in this, their 4th recording together. This time out they have invited along 'a few' friends to the party: Tapani Varis, Karen Tweed, Ruthie Dornfeld, Eileen Ivers, Hans Jørgen Christensen, Niall Keegan, Carl Erik Lundgaard, Karen Mose, Helene Blum, Sofia Karlsson, Channe Nussbaum, Helen Davies, Ale Möller, Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas and the folks from Le Vent du Nord: Benoit Bourque, Olivier Demers, Simon Beaudry and Nicolas Boulerice. Not a bad guest list! Djamano - Laye Sow - 19.99 OK, it has been done before, and done well, so why should you listen to another Malian-blues collaboration? Perhaps because this one really works well, because the players are excellent, no one tries to steal the show, and the songs are always the primary focus of this collaboration between Senegalese singer and guitarist Laye Sow and American guitarist Richard Caswell and American bass/percussionist Steve Marshall. No flash, no funk, no pyrotecnic displays of gadgetry and wizardry, just some musicians getting together to share their roots and diversity. Requiem - Iver Kleive - 19.99 Iver Kleive's captivating requiem is dedicated to his son Alexander, the 11 September terror victims and soldiers who have fallen in the Iraqi war. Based on traditional requiem texts in Latin, it is composed for choir, organ and two soloists. It was recorded in Lubljana in Slovenia in May this year. Burlesque - Bellowhead - 17.99 I have tried to tone down the prose to write this description, but what can I do? This is a remarkable recording, a shock to the sytem. fROOTS' Colin Erwin calls it "Astonishing!" It's Brecht meets Childe in Copeland's backyard, chats with Coltrane and dances with brass monkeys. This 11 piece band of notorious trad-arr hipsters (including Spiers and Boden and Benji Kirkpatrick) plays accordions, fiddles and such, punched into high gear by brass band and strings, and all manner of exceptional strangeness ensues. It's all traditional, in a sense, but like nothing you have heard before. Bonus: the package is a small, lovely hardcover book with lyrics, photos (wild!) and more. Meet You There - Oysterband - 16.99 The 2007 studio album by the Brit folk-rock legends. Vitamine K - Klezmic Zirkus - 18.99 Original compositions and traditional themes from Eastern Europe are spiced up with jazz, classical, rock, folk and reggae to create a copletely personal musical style. Aurélie Charneux (clarinet), Julien De Borman (diatonic accordion), Adrien Lambinet (trombone, tuba), Pierre Greco (double bass), and Wouter Roggemans (drums) Listen Nattevak - Susanne Lundeng - 18.99 Susanne Lundeng, Norwegian fiddler and write, has a personal style and characteristic sound, and with her band virtually an extension of her violin, she creates new music that is well entrenched in the Norwegian folk music tradition. Susanne Lundeng's violin and vocals are acommanied dby her long time band on guitars (including an uncharacteristic slide guitar), mandolin, accordion, drums, electronics bass and vocals. recorded at the old Vaeroy rectory in Norway. Desemberbarn - Kari Bremnes and Rikard Wolff - 18.99 December's Children' offers a glitter free, unvarnished and poetic Christmas recording by the Norwegian singer and the Swedish singer/actor in a mix of old and new Christmas and winter songs. In addition to well known Norwegian and Swedish Christmas songs, Kari and Rikard have created some new material that will add to our Christmas and winter tradition, for a Christmas based on tradition but living in a new millennium. Their work with the album expresses a collective longing for unity in our present world of insecurity. Arnt Haugens reviderte - Arnt Haugen - 18.99 One of KKVs great classics is reissued on CD. The aim of the record was to show how well-loved Norwegian revivalist songs were perfect for the dance floor. This release will surely capture as much attention today as it did when it was first released in the autumn of 1982.` Para Além da Saudade - Ana Moura - 17.99 The 2007 release by the young fadista from Portugal is deep into the tradition, the voice simply set against a small acoustic ensemble of Custodio Castelo and Jorge Fernando (Portuguese guitars) and Filipe Larsen (bass guitar). Amarte - Manuel d'Oliveira and Mediterraneo - 17.99 This CD by the Portuguese guitarist was recorded live in 2005, in Praça de Santiago, Guimarães. The musicians of the ensemble Mediterrâneo are José Lima (acoustic bass), David Leão (flute and bagpipe), Mário Gonçalves (drums) and Rui Ferreira (piano). Kalon Koat - Pierrick Lemou - 17.99 Breton violinist plays Celtic music and music from Brittany, accompanied by a fine cast of musicians on flute, guitar, bagpipes, biniou kozh, harp, reds and more Tour à tour - Bouffard and Chabenat - 17.99 The 2006 release by this important French duo: Patrick Bouffard, acoustic hurdy-gurdy and Gilles Chabenat, electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy. Guest artists: Frédéric Paris (Vocals, Melodeon, Bagpipes, Harmonium), Catherine Paris (Vocals), Tobie Miller (Renassance Flute) Listen Mon - Goran Mansson - 17.99 Göran Månsson is one of the most sought after and dynamic flute players on the Swedish folk music scene. He comes from the town of Haverö in Norrland in the north of Sweden. As a descendant of one of Sweden's celebrated folk music families, Göran is actively furthering the Swedish folk music heritage. This 2006 solo release (his second) is a stark contrast to his work on Gjallarhorn's recent release Rimfaxe. Vid Randen Blå - Huggevill - temp out of stock-17.99 The 2007 release by the trio from Halsingland, Sweden focuses more on the tradition than theor previous recording. Görgen Antonsson (fiddle, viola) Emma Johansson (vocal, flutes) Jonas Olsson (buzuki, fiddle)

Al son del diableton vol. 1 - various - 17.99 Anthologie de l'accordéon traditionnel occitan Volume 1 - This first volume is devoted to musicians of 4 communes located in the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut Languedoc (Tarn and Hérault). In addition to the famous accordionist of d'Anglès, Marcel Bacou, with his inexhaustible repertory, the CD also present four of his friends: Germain Cros and Denis Barrau of La Salvetat sur Agout, Pierre Planès from Saint Etienne d'Albagnan and Emilien Gleizes from Condades (commune de Riols). Includes a detailed and illustrated 36 page booklet (in French). Bastian Contrari - Patrick Vaillant - 17.99 French mandolinist Patrick Vaillant's unique new recording, joined by a marvelous ensemble including Bijan Chemrrani (percussion for Iran), Serge Pesce (guitar), Benjamin Novarino Giana (voice) and Lucien Massuco Wamato - Les Amazones de Guinee - 17.99 Les Amazones de Guinée are a unique and quite amazing institution within African music. Since the early 60s they have criss-crossed the continent, with only occasional forays beyond, to help bring their particular brand of joy to the cause of women’s emancipation. Yet this is only their 2nd album, tight yet fluid, with the loping rhythms so particular to Guinea, bitter-sweet harmonies and vocals full of conviction. As the cry of “Retour en force des Amazones!” at the beginning of this album attests, these women demand to be heard. The Amazones are back with a vengeance. This is the gold-standard for female (or any other) bands in Africa and an enduring symbol of African women’s emancipation. Highly recommended. Listen Authenticité: The Syliphone Years - Balla Et Ses Balladins - 22.99 2 CD collection by one of Guinea's most interesting and influencial bands. Listen Kara Deniz - L'Attirail - 16.99 The 6th album of music from the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean by this wonderful French band. The title means Black Sea in Turkish, symbolizing the meeting of Slav, Greek, Romanian, Albanian influences, and the convergence of Christian, Jewish, Muslim ideals of the region. `Formed as a duet by guitarist Xavier Demerliac, they are now a quintet, (plus a host of guests from all overt he region), playing trumpet, clarinet, doudouk, flutes, drums & percussion, double bass, accordion and violin. It's an imaginary landscape where Balkan, Gypsy, klezmer, cabaret, and more all peacefuly coexist in musical harmony. En concert - Bivoac - 16.99 This Breton band claims inlfluences are wide as Coltrane, Zappa, Grappelli, Hendrix and all musiques traditionnelles du monde... They deliver it all in complete simplicity on accordéon diatonique, voices, saxophones, bombarde, violon and banjo. Accordeon Diatonique - Riccardo Tesi - 17.99 The master of Italian accordion offers a completely solo recording that shows the breadth and depth of his skills, talents and interests in the music of the instrument. Highly recommended Majaz - Le Trio Joubran - 16.99 The second recordng by Palestinian ud trio of Samir, Wissam, Adnan Joubran with guest percussionist Yousef Hbeitsch. With mallets and strings - Ildikó Vékony - 17.99 Performances on solo cimbalom of J.S. Bach's 'Partita No. 3 in E major' and 'Sonata No. 1 in G minor.' The artist says: 'Why this music? ...you may ask. Some pieces I have been playing for ages; others I have always wanted to play. Some are not really my world, (but sometimes we long for another world); some are pieces I have been waiting for, and yet I needed years to uncover their deeper meaning. And some have jolted me out of my habits, highlighting for me the moment when a sound is born.' Poliphonic Vespers for St. Michael’s and St. Martin's Day - Schola Hungarica - 17.99 n 1571, a widow called Anna Hannsen Schuman donated a highly valuable manuscript to the collegiate chapter of Pozsony. The codex contains 239 polyphonic works, almost all for the enrichment of evening vespers. This disc highlights two vespers from the collection: that for the feast of Saint Martin, patron saint of the church, and that for Saint Michael, which falls close to it in the calendar. As in the practice of the time, the prescribed Gregorian chant and their polyphonic arrangements were mixed as necessary in the liturgy, so this disc mixes the two. BD Blues (2 CDs and Book) - Charley Patton / R. Crumb - 19.99 Available again: You might already know the music, but this is a unique opportunity to see it as well. Robert Crumb has written a biography in words and drawings and presents it in a full-color, hardcover book. 2 CDs cover the legendary blues master's music, 31 pages of graphics and text (in French only) tell his story. Highly recommended! Inshalla Shalom (Live) - 2 CDs - Yair Dalal and friends - 23.99 Double CD of live performances in Jerusalem in November 2004, with Jewish and Arab musicians, and dedicated to the folk music of the Middle East. The artist says it is 'music that rises above conflicts and brings unity, joy and hope to the hearts... The songs which all the people of the region grew up with, Arabs, Jews, Christians and Moslems, who share the same musical culture. This double CD album includes 12 tracks (six at each CD) in various languages - Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Iraqi & Moroccan dialects, etc. The album presents a rare combination of 'Piyutim' (Jewish Liturgical songs) and Arabic folk songs,a blend which exists mostly in Iraqi tradition. Among the gifted musicians participating is the female singer Liora Itzhak, the oud player Sameer Makhoul, the cantor David Menahem and the singer Haim Ankri. The album includes a touching performance of the song "Yad Anuga" by Zalman Shne'or in a folk-Mizrachi melody, and extraordinary singing by Liora Itzhak combining classic Indian musical tradition. Songs From a Persian Garden - Masha and Marjan Vahdat - 17.99 On 22 May this year KKV and two Western embassies arranged a remarkable concert. In a Persian garden in Tehran, the singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat broke the ban on public performances by women. The two sisters were accompanied by Knut Reiersrud and five other Norwegian and Iranian musicians Na'ama - Amos Hoffman - 18.99 Composer and oud player combines elements of jazz, Latin and other global influences with a strong Arabic heritage, adding instruments like the marimba unlikely to be heard within the stricter tradition. Hoffman's Ashkenazi roots (Eastern European) and his choice of musicans helps him create his own personal sound. Amos Hoffman - Oud ; Joshua Levit - Ney ; Ehab Nimer - Violin ; Omer Avital - Bass ; Tomer Zur - Percussion ; Rea Bar Nes - Percussion & Marimba. Bass player Avishai Cohen also makes a guest appearance. Arabiskan - Ole Hjorth and Sven Ahlbäck - 18.99 n a way this is a perfectly straight forward album of tunes by Ole Hjorth and Sven Ahlbäck. They treat us to a whole string of gems from their repertoire, one playing melody and the other harmony. But the sound isn´t quite what we are used to when we listen to two (Swedish) fiddles. Ole and Sven feel it is important that the harmony leaves as much freedom as possible for playing the melody, especially when it comes to the tonality of older folk music. The album is devoted to the music of four fiddlers who have meant a great deal to Ole and Sven: Hjort Anders from Bingsjö in Dalarna, Anton Jernberg of Gästrikland, Uppland-born Viksta-Lasse, and Olle Falk from Jämtland Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto; Hayashi; Takemitsu - Wu Man, Yri Bahsmet, and Moscow Soloists - 18.99 Wu Man offers the world premiere of Tan Dun's Concerto for Pipa, as well as Hikaru Hayashi's Concerto-Elegia and Toru Takemitsu's Nostalgia "In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky". Performers include Yuri Bashmet, a recognized virtuoso violist, violinist, and champion of new music. Founder of the Moscow Soloists, here he leads the acclaimed chamber ensemble in their third Onyx project together. The well-filled disc features two premiere recordings La Passion de Clermont: Hora vos dic vera raizun - Brice Duisit - 17.99 The turn of the first millennium was experienced by people of that time not with fear that the world was coming to an end, but rather with hope that the world would be renewed, as 'the promise of a new Spring'. Thus, Christ's Passion came to symbolise the resurrection of the Church; a great reformation began. Seen in that context the lyric poem La Passion de Clermont takes on its full meaning. Brice Duisit performs vocals and vièle à archet. Follow - Joel Grare - 17.99 Bells, Indian double-headed drums, bendirs and many other instruments blend together and offer a fascinating imaginary journey: Grare integrates all the possible and imaginable influences and invents a unique and outstanding world of sounds. Joël Grare, percussions and featuring percussion ensemble Koân with Axel Lecourt and Nicolas Giraud on trumpet and percussions Tripfolk - Bazar Bla - 18.99 Bazar Blå is a trio consisting of nyckelharp-player Johan Hedin, bassist Björn Meyer and percussionist Fredrik Gille. This is their second recording. Une Messe pour la Saint-Michel et tous les saints anges - Freddy Eichelberger, Michel Godard and Ludus Modalis - 17.99 This recording recreates the 'Ordinary' of a seventeenth-century Catholic Mass, during which the organ and the choir continuously respond, with parts entirely improvised by the choir as well as the organ.Freddy Eichelberger, orgue; Michel Godard, serpent and the vocal trio Ludus Modalis Paris - Istanbul - Shanghai - Joël Grare - 17.99 Joël Grare (ar., percussion), Guo Gan (erhu), Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo), Emek Evci (bass), Karine Herroud Gonzalez (Flamenco) with the participation of the ensemble Les Tambours de Lune, Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano vocal) and Véronica Votti (cello). This recording is a manifesto of modernism, culture, temporality, style and improvisation. This Paris-Istambul-Shanghaïensemble is a musical invitation to travel. Somewhere between a chamber music ensemble and a traditional one, they play standardsmuch like in jazz. But their standards are classic themes from Spain, Turkey and China, ancient music… Puching these melodies well beyond their borders, thoroughly enjoying them, improvising, composing, whether or not in the style of their country or their period, following moods and moments to a uniqque new sound. Liberte Creativite Feminite - Sabina Manetti - 18.99 Liberté Creativité Feminité presents a strong vocalist from Tuscany in a solid mix of roots and jazz, accompanied by a straight ahead jazz ensemble of bass, drums, pianos, percussion, with accordion and violin. This is the first I have heard her, and she's a voice to hear. Kronomakia - Daniele Sepe, Ensemble Micrologus, Und Rote Jazz Fraktion - 18.99 Neopolitan arranger, composer and saxophone player Sepe, joined by two ensembles, takes on the early music of Italy in his usual shocking style, seamlessly joining jazz, classical and early art music into a beautiful whole. Al Qantarah - Ammaraciccappa - 18.99 This Salentine ensemble have a lot of phrases for their music: "electro-world+salento+maghrebi, ecstatic rhythms of south Italy, desert voices and metropolitan sounds." They make thoroughly modern Italian music, completely rooted in the ancient past, and totally beyond classification or pigeon-holes. Highly recommended. PresenteRemoto - Riccardo Tesi - 18.99 A full blown ensemble release by the master organetto player from Italy. A great ensemble that includes Stefano Bollani, Elena Ledda, Ginevra Di Marco, Gianmaria Testa, Daniele Sepe, Gavino Murgia, Patrick Vaillant, Gabriele Mirabassi and of course, Tesi's Banditaliana. Highly recommended, like everything Tesi does. Rembetika 2: More Of The Secret History Of Greece's Underground Music - va (4 CDs) - 29.99 4 CDs, 89 tracks, the second in the series by JPS records, tracks the well know and the obscure of rembetika. Remastered cuts from the early days of sound recording, many having never appeared on CD before. PLEASE NOTE: foreign orders shipped without jewel boxes Encouragement - Frankie Armstrong - 18.99 2007 release by this wonderful English singer. 13 tracks featuring Bob Evans on crwth, Anthony Ingle on piano, accordion and vocals, and Sarah Harman on vocals. Songs include "Effects of Love," "Fair Annie," "Parting," "Demon Lover," "Holy Thursday," more. Zegar Zivi (Zegar Lives) - Zegar Zivi - 18.99 Powerful acapella group vocals, often using the wild beating-against-drone technique of groktenje, diple playing, goat-calling and church-bell ringing from a group of amazingly resilient Serbian singers who've moved back to their village of Žegar in the rocky hill-country of Dalmatia in Croatia – a region war-shattered in the 1990s and still depopulated, but beautiful and now peaceful - to rebuild their homes and pick up the threads of their lives and rich musical traditions. The album's title, and the group's name, means Žegar Lives.Recorded in Žegar in May 2007, produced by Andrew Cronshaw in collaboration with Svetlana Spajić. The digipak contains a 60 page booklet with many photos and extensive notes including the background story to the recordings (in English). Listen Strings Tradition - Mamadou Diabate, Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, Vidwan Lalgudi Gjr Khrishnan - 17.99 Strings Tradition is an original production, different from the countless recordings which try to mix and mingle musical cultures of various origins. It deals with the union of classical traditions (West Africa, North Indian and South India) which have little in common with the vague idea of popular music that we usually associate with the music of the Indian sitar and violin and the Malian kora. These three musicians are all important artists in their own countries and each one offers inspiration and guidance to the others' musical traditions. They are accompanied by Gourishankar on tabla and Muraly Trichy on ghatam. La Vuelta del Malon - Tango Negro Trio - 17.99 Conceived by pianist, vocalist and composer Juan Carlos Caceres, with "El Tero" Buschini and Marcelo Russillo, the trio explores an alternative history of tango, a body of work Caceres has been restlessly building since 1968, the year in which he moved from his native Buenos Aires to Paris. In the liner notes, Caceresdeclares that wuth this new recording he wants to update the cultural traditions still present in the region of the Rio De La Plata estuary in Argentina. Følg oss hjem, Ole Paus - Leieboerne - 18.99 Leieboerne (The Tenants) take a selection of songs by a legendary Norwegian songwriter, add a classic 70s folk-rock sound and ask Følg oss hjem, Ole Paus (Take us home, Ole Paus). The band says 'If you are a tenant you rent, you don't own. The nice thing about renting is that you can rearrange the furniture a bit and then pretend that you own... Renting from Ole Paus brings you into a fascinatingly huge house full of cellars and attics... But we do want to mention all the fabulous stuff we found in the attic that we dragged down into the living-room, that's why there are many songs from Oles earliest period.'

The Very Best of Congolese Rumba: The Kinshasa-Abidjan Sessions - various - 21.99 Recorded in Abidjan in 1997/1999 and in Kinshasa in 2002, this double CD is a testimonial to the golden age of the rumba. Two legendary figures, Wendo Kolosoy, a child of Kinshasa, and Antoine Moundanda - hailing from Brazzaville on the other side of the Congo River - along with Victoria Bakolo Miziki, Likembé Géant and the Rumbanella Band, reinterpret with passion and talent the cultural heritage of the two Congolese capital cities. With suave voices, elegant guitars, sensual melodies and light swing, the rumba is to Africa what the son is to Cuba: a miracle of balance.And these musicians do it superbly. Wijdan: The Mystery of Gnawa Trance Music (DVD) - Brahim El Belkani, Sibiri Samaké - 23.99 The Gnawa people were exiled from the Malian empire and brought as slaves to Morocco in the sixteenth century. In the last three decades the power of their trance music has come into the spotlight thanks to Western musicians and artists. In this documentary, filmmakers Bella Le Nestour and John Allen paint an intimate portrait of two men - Sibiri Samaké, a Bambarra musician from Mali, and Brahim El Belkani, a Gnawa musician from Morocco - who are seen during theirmusical meeting in 2000. In Arabic, Wijdan means "the meeting of souls." We are allowed to watch as these masters trace their common roots back in time and as they impart their knowledge to the next generation. (NTSC video format) The Heartbeat of the East - Keyvan Chemirani and Pandit Anindo Chaterjee - coming soon-19.99 Keyvan Chemirani picked up the Iranian zarb at the age of 16 and was also captivated by the Indian tabla, with its metric precision, endless melodic variations, and multiplicity of timbres. Soon after he began devoting himself to the zarb and its Persian repertoire, Keyvan became fascinated with the Indian tabla player Anindo Chatterjee, whose meticulous artistry is notable for its remarkable clarity. On this new recording, packaged in a hard-cover CD-book, Chemirani and Chatterjee engage each other and their fellow musicians - Maryam Chemirani (voice), Ken Zuckerman (sarod), Bijan Chemirani (saz), Sokratis Sinopoulos (kemenche fi ddle), Stelios Petrakis (lyra), Henri Tournier (bansuri fl ute) - in a musical dialogue between the age-old Hindu and Persian traditions. Langoni - Luhya music: from the countryside to the city - Ingosi Stars - 18.99 The Luhya people originate in the Western province of Kenya, but many of them have migrated to large towns, especially Nairobi. A distinct repertoire reserved for special occasions (births, circumcisions, weddings, funerals) or played for sheer entertainment is the essential ingredient. Playing on typical Luhya instruments, Mzee William Ingosi Mwoshi and his son, Jackson Amusala, are among today's best "neo-traditionalists" - a generation of Kenyan musicians who mastered the traditions of the rural areas and were able to transform them for a changing society, so that the old genres would still make sense for people both in the villages Diaspora Hi-Fi - A Mediterranean Caravan - Watcha Clan - 18.99 It's been ten years since Watcha Clan burst on to Europe's new world-beat scene. With a best-selling début CD to its credit (20,000 units worldwide), here the Clan whisks us on a wild ride from the dance fl oors of London to France's Provence, from the Balkan mountains to the Maghreb seaside, from roots to rebellion. North and South, Arabic and Hebrew are re-united on this album, which features the exuberant vocals of Marseilles-born Sista K. Diaspora Hi-Fi presents an intoxicating blend of new reggae, jungle and electronic club beats with traditional sounds. Includes a bonus live video version of the Clan's fave, "Eli." Troileana - Liliana Barrios - 17.99 The first international release by this charismatic Argentinean tango singer. Here she pays tribute to the great bandoneón virtuoso Aníbal Troilo (1914-1975), whose name is venerated in Argentina as fervently as that of Carlos Gardel. Atmospherically arranged by Juan Carlos Cuacci, who also leads the splendid line-up, this new recording of the classic songs Troilo penned in the 1940s and '50s features some of the most important Argentine tango players: Walter Ríos (bandoneón), Horacio Romo (second bandoneón), Juan Alberto Pugliano (piano), Juan Pablo Navarro (upright bass), Jorge Pérez Tedesco (cello), Leonardo Ferreyra (violin). Os Afro Sambas - Baden Powell - 13.99 A new budget-priced edition of this classic: Together with Brazilian singer Vinicius de Moraes, Powell made these remarkable recording in the 1960s to show the deep connection between South American and African music and culture. A welcome reissue of an essential session. Homescape - Nguyen Le - 16.99 French-Vietnamese jazz musician Nguyên Lê stands out as a unique explorer of sound. Homescape is based upon improvised duos with either Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu or oud player and vocalist Dhafer Youssef. Lê's postproduction then crafts these performances into a piquant series of moving and thrilling world-jazz tracks. The New Village - Enzo Favata Tentetto (featuring Tenores di Bitti) - 18.99 Sardinian musician and composer Favata has been roiling the roots-jazz of Italy for decades now, recording Cds and playing more than 2,000 concertsaround the world. He fuses tradition with a contemporary sense, forging a new music form folk, jazz and avant garde elements that are strictly original. He has studied classical and jazz saxophone, plays the soprano, sopranino and tenor sax, and the bass clarinet, as well as other ethnic wind instruments from Sardinia and elsewhere. Adding Latin, African and middle eastern influences, he has come up with a creative and original new sound that pays homage to the jazz greats while being beholden to no one. This recording features the incredible Tenores di Bitti, who offer not only their voices, but the inspiration of their melodies that are infused into the very core of Favata's new compositions. Terra - Zoe' - 18.99 This ensemble performs the music of the people of Salento, in southern Italy. . Satyricon Circus - Satyricon Circus - 18.99 A rich new musical production, the work of composer Gabriele Coen (Klezroym), Mario Rivera (Agricantus) and Vito Ranucci, with participation from Barbara Eramo, Gabriel Zagni, Maria Letizia Gorga, Federica Vincenti and Gianni Santucci. Calenda - Montanaro, Pesce, Gaude - 17.99 Noëls are to the music of Provence what the standards are to jazz. These familiar melodies lend themselves readily to reinterpretation, spontaneous variation and improvisationn. Trio Imaginogène revisits these musical treasures handed down through the centuries in an inalterable, everlasting and inexhaustible topicality. The trio performs these seasonal songs on a traditional instrumental combination of galoubet, tambourine and flutes.Trio Imaginogène: Miquèu Montanaro, flutes; Serge Pesce, guitare and berimbao; Fabrice Gaudé, percussion and sanza Ofidèa - Avleddha - temp out of stock-18.99 From an earlier review in RootsWorld: 'Avleddha is a group of young musicians performing their own songs based on the important musical tradition of the Grico community. This is a linguistic minority of people of Greek descent, in Puglia (in the South of Italy), that is indebted to both cultures.The instrumentation of acoustic guitar, bass, percussion and harmonica provides a tight, festive sound.' trend & trend - Bassignano and Luzzi - 18.99 This is an odd one, and probably only completely engaging if you can speak Italian. What is it? Weel, a small but opulent radio musical (RAI Radio Uno) in which two jesters Ernesto Bassignano and Ezio Luzzi (aka "bax and lux") crack their best jokes, introduce famous guests and play original songs for over four hundred thousand listeners. Important Italian musicians, film-makers, comedians and writers such as Venditti, Monicelli, Proietti, Vaime, Arbore, Bergonzoni, Frassica, Riondino, Piera Degli Espositi and others, demonstrate how it can be possible to participate in a funny radio show with good taste and absolute freedom of expression. Monkey - Dounia - 18.99 Four musicians from various artistic and cultural backgrounds explore Italian and middle eastern roots with a combination of melodies, harmonies and rythmns from all over the world. Their unique sound is unlike much else out there Mandolini All'Opera - Napoli Mandolin Orchestra - 17.99 This second project by the ensemble from Naples, Italy presents some musical melodrama, reworking the tradition of the Italian plectrum clubs, which, between XIX and XX century, popularized the opera outside the legitimate theater. Her they take on a fantasia from Bellini, Verdi's Traviata, Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Bizet's Carmen and others, all given a romantic yet visceral reinterpretation that is both antique and refreshing. The Fountain - Turkish Musical Traditions - Dem Trio - 17.99 The Turkish trio of Murat Ozturk (baglama, tanbura, lavta, cumbus, voice), Murat Salim Tokac (tanbur, ney) and Cenk Guray (fretless baglama, divan sazi) are joined by guests Nursah Acun (voice) and Emre Erdal (kemence) present a 'chamber music' approach to the ancient Ottoman culture, presented in a contemporary interpretation, strongly underlying the relationship betweeen Turkish music and that of the neighbouring regions (Greece, the Balkans, the Middle-East). I virasolelhs - Lou Dalfin - 17.99 After a four year break, the Occitan band is back. The release of the I Virasolelhs (the sunflowers) is an opportunity to celebrate the twenty-five career of a band whose music has promoted the culture of the Occitan valleys of Piedmont. Guided by hurdy-gurdy maestro Sergio Berardo, Occitan music has come out of the local shadows to become known by global audience. Since the 90's, the band has put traditional instruments (hurdy-gurdy, accordeon, violin, horns) next to guitars, keyboards and drums, modernizing their music without radically changing their sound, keeping alive the traditional legacy of the valleys in which they were born. Istanpitta: Danses florentines du Trecento - Henri Agnel - 17.99 Although the estampies are formally based on the scheme of verse and refrains, they allow for a certain degree of freedom. During the fourteenth century, music was mobile, composed then reinvented: improvisation, ornamentation and the art of preluding were the keynote. Henri Agnel directs the ensemble, and plays cistre, ceterina, oud; joined by Mickael Nick, quinton; Henri Tournier, flûte traversière (bansouri); Djamchid Chemirani, zarb; Idriss Agnel, oud Aral - Tenareze - 17.99 The five musicians Tenarèze use the theme of water, one of the main political and humanitarian issues of the twenty-first century. With their original instruments (most of which they conceived of and built themselves) and songs sung in the Occitan language, they fly over the borders of imaginary lands to draw their own personal map of the world. Marc Anthony (electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy), Laurent Rousseau (guitar), Alain Cadeillan (vocals, alboka, bagpipes and invented instruments), Olivier Hestin (percussion) and Bernard Subert (clarinet, bass clarinet, bagpipes and water-drums). Contagio - Bandadriatica - 17.99 BandAdriatica focuses on the Adriatic Sea bands and Balkan fanfares, music for processions, carnivals and other events. This recording offers a hypothetical voyage around Adriatic sea port from Salento to Dalmatia, from Venice to Durazzo and out to the Greek islands. Marches and tarantellas, slavic dances and Greek night songs are given personal interpretations by this ensemble of brass, accordion, reeds, strings and percussion. Special guests: King Naat Veliov and the Kocani Orkestar Violin Waves - Lalgudi G Jayaraman - 18.99 South Indian Classical Music - The indian violinist is accompanied by the violin of Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and percussionists Karaikudi Mani (mridangam) and T.H. Vinayakram (ghatam). The repertoire is closely connected with Thyagaraja (1767-1847), a composer respected for generations for the deep spirituality of his themes.

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